Shoe-form.



J. C.'SGHELTEB & L. B. WHIPPLE'.

v SHOE FORM APFL ICATIONIILED MAY 6. I9I8.

1 ,%89,925 D Patented Dec. 31, 1918.

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gage the toe part of a form near its rear end in the ball or instep portion, and the tip is therefore pushed into the shoe from behind. If the tip catches on the linlng,

5- the pressure at the rear end causes the toe part to angle sidewise and bind and consequently to pull and wrinkle the lining. In

the filler of the present invention the inserting force is applied to the form at the toe tip, so that it is really pulled into the shoe, and if it catches, the point of application of the force is so near the point of resistance that the toe part cannot swing and bind in 15 the shoe, but slides ofl quickly from the obwrinkles.

Fig. 3 shows a slightly modified form of the filler. -A turnbuckle 34: is provided to facilitate changes in length, and the ends 5 of the extension-hinge system are mounted messes fixedly in the heel and toe parts 10 and 12. This form has the same advantages discussed above.

Having described our invention, what we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

l. A shoe form comprising a heel member and a toe member, the latter being hollowed out substantially to its forward tip, and a right and left screw expansion mechanism extending between the'parts and engaging the toe part at the tip, the mechanism having a hinge located closely adjacent the toe tip.

2. A shoe form comprising a toe part and a heel part and an expansion mechanism connecting said parts engaging the toe part forward of a point midway between the toe tip and the ball portion, whereby the toe part is virtually drawn into the shoe by its toe tip.

, In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification.

' JOHN C. SCHELTER.

LELAND B. WHIPPLE. 

